Lot 113. A 'Longquan' celadon funerary jar and cover, Southern Song dynasty. Height 8 1/8  in., 20.6 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 37,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

the elongated ovoid body rising to a rounded shoulder comprised of two graduated rounded ridges and a short cylindrical neck, a large dragon modeled in high relief coiled around the shoulder and upper body, the horned head with jaws open, the body with pointed talons impressed with scales and ridged back, a row of molded upright leaves encircling the base, covered overall with a soft bluish-green glaze, the low domed cover surmounted by a recumbent dog-form knop (2). 

Property from the collection of John F. Lewis, Jr. 

Provenance: Acquired in the 1940s or 50s and thence by descent. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 sept. 2015